April 4th-- Please refer to the Frederick Douglass page (on side bar) for this unit



March 8, 2011


Go Glogging!
Directions for glog




Creative retelling.

Choose either "Tell Tale Heart" or "Rip van Winkle" and retell the story in a modern setting.

Some important ideas:
"Tell Tale Heart"
  • unreliable narrator
  • suspense
  • no gratuitous violence

"Rip"
  • escaping overbearing ___
  • long sleep
  • changes/continuity in 20 year absence
  • could be used for political message